Garden implement



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assaggi UNIIED STATES PATENroFFIcs WILLIAM s. UREN, or Ifoivrraivn,l OREGON.

GARDEN IMPLEMENT.

App1ieati0n"led August 2'6, 1924. Serial No. 734,261.

Toallwaom it may concern.' 1

.lie it known that I, IVILLIAM S. UREN, a citizen or' the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State ci' Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inGarden Implements; and l do declare the following to be j ing a plurality of cultivator teeth with a single longitudinal frame bar, and a further aim is to also make provision for carrying a weed cutting bladeby said bar, in advance of the cultivating teeth,so. that the Weeds are irstcut from the earth and the vlatter then effectively cultivated.

lWith the foregoing and minorobjects in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter .hereinafter vdescribed and claimed, by the accompanying drawings. .p l

Figure 1 is substantiallyA a lside elevation, partly in perspective.` .D

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective View. Figure 3 is a perspective View of a plow share which maybe connected to the implement frame instead of the Weed-cuttingblade and the cultivating teethshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional l view on-line4-4 of Fig. 1.

Figure 5 is a detail perspectlve ViewL of one ot the carrying arms Jfor `the cultivating teeth. j .j

Figure 6 is a horizontal sectional viewv on the line 6-6 ofFigure 2' showing more particularly the relation of the 'weed cutting blade and the plant guard withrespect to theimplement carrying bar. 'i

Figure? is av true side elevation shown in Fig. G. Y L 'Inthe drawings vabove briey described, thel numeral 1 designates' a beam having4.ak

of Aparts the descriptionbeing supplemented downturned rear end 2. An implement carrying bar S, either integralwith or otherwise. securedto the beam, projects rearwardly from the lower extremity or' the vdownturned beam end 2, and a second. bar I inelines forwardlyfrom the rear end of thev bar 3 to a point over the bend oi the beam 1, said barA et being either integral with the bar 3 or otherwise secured thereto in a rigid manner. Preferably a` pair of crossed bracesy 5 are provided tov hold thedoivnturned Ybeam end 2 and the bars 3 and iin substantially rigid relation with each other. Secured'to one side of the bar I and lapping onto the'corresponding side et the beam 1, -is vertical plate 6, while at the opposite side vvof saidbeam and bar, a second vertical plate v7 is disposed, said 4plate 7 being con- Agnected-at one end with the-bar 4, by a lhorizontalipivot 8, While its other end is formed with a plurality of spaced bolt-holes 9, disposed on an are. A clamping bolt l10 passes through the bar @and plate' vand is receivable` in Vany of` the :openings 8, so that the plate 7 may be vertically adjusted aboutthe pivot 8 to change the inclination ofv a longitudinalhandle 11 which is secured to and extends forwardly from said plate, said handle having an appropriate transverse bar 12 at. itsvfront end to be gripped by the users hands. In vthe construction shown,l

the upper edge ofthe plate7 isA provided with ay lateral, .flange 13 upon vwhich f the handle 1.1.is pivoted. as indicated at 14 for horizontal adjustment, one end of the flange vlhaving a vplurality of spaced boltiholes v15,- any one ofiwhich may receive a clamping bolt 16 passing through the handle. Thus, this handle may beswung to the most advantageous angular relation, withrespect to the frame of the machine.

VAt 17, a portion of a harness shown which is adapted for passage around thev users shoulders, back or hips, and connectedto this harness, is a draft chain 18, the connection between said chain and harness being preferably adjustable bymeans of a snap hook 19; A similar but swiveled snap hook `2() isprovided tovconnect the chainA 18 with an inverted L-shaped hitch 21.`

The horizontal arm of this hitch is formed with spaced openings 22, with any of which thesnap 20' maybe engaged, while the vertical portion of 'said hitch is provided with other spacedopeningsjQS, anyof `which may has been f receive an attaching bolt 2d by means of which the hitch is connected with the. front end of the beam l. This beam is provided with a suitable abutn'ient plate against which the vertical arm of the hitch abuts, so as to hold the latter against pivotal action about the bolt 24.

A plurality of lateral arms 26, of unequal lengths project from the implement carrying bar 3 and are provided with vertically bent inner ends 2T which are detachably bolted at 23 to said bar. At their outer ends, the arms 26 are bent downwardly as at 29 and are formed with bolt holes 30 adjacent these downwardly bent portions. The Shanks of a plurality of cultivating teeth 3l are secured to the arms 26 by bolts 32 lpassing through the bolt holes 30, and said shanks abut the terminals 29 of the arms 26 so that they are held against pivotal action about said bolts. The arms 26 extend oppositely from the bar 3 and as above stated they are of different lengths, so that the teeth will not track each other.

The arms 26 and teeth 3l may be removed whenever desired, but when they are used, I preferably employ also, an oblique, inclined, weed cutting blade 33 which is adj ustably secured, by bolts 34 engageable with openings 35, to the lower end of a standard 36. This standard is adjustably secured to the downturned beam end 2, by bolts 37 engageable with spaced bolt holes 38. Preferably, one end of the blade 33 is upwardly bent as indicated at 39 so that it will be visible above the surface of the ground when the blade is operating beneath the surface, thereby at all times indicating to tne operator the exact position of the blade, so that there is no danger of cutting the row of plants being cultivated, weeded or both. Attention may be here further `directed to the fact that the plant guard 39 has its upper end extended forwardly beyond the front ou ting edge of the blade 33, and the front cutting edge of this guard inclines forwardly from said cutting edge of the blade. This guard is truly parallel with the implement carrying bar 3 and with the line of draft of the machine. The blade 33 however is disposer. at an angle of from seventy-five to ninety degrees with respect to the bar 3 and the line of draft, and the blade is pitched or forwardly declined at vabout fifteen degrecs to the horizontal. The angular disposition of the blade'causes itV to exerta shea "ing rather than a crushing cut upon the weed roots and the inclination; of theblade "raises the earth vand permitsiit toV fall over the upper edge of said blade, tending to brealt it loose from the weeds.V 1 rl"he projecting upper corner of the` guard 39 bemg in advance of the cutting edge ofthe plate"l 33,

prei'ieiits earth fromb'eing thrownlaterally by thelbladeionto the" row o'fplants, permitting weeding of the latter without danger of covering them with earth even when they have just started from the ground.

In Fig. 3, l have showna plow share et() having an appropriate attaching bracket 4l. then the cultivator teeth are detached from the frame and the standard 36 is also removed, this plow share may be bolted to the downturned end 2 of the beam l.

The. device constructed as shown and described has proved very desirable and efficient in actual use and as these results have been obtained from such structure, it is preferably followed. However, within the scope of the invention as claimed, numerous modi.- [ications may be made.

It may be well to add that when operating` the implement, the operator faces such implement but moves rearwardly, all pull necessary, being exerted by the harness 17, chain 18, etc., while the handle 1l is used for steering purposes and to control the depth of cut as well as to effectively steady the entire implement.

l. In an implement, a frame comprising a beam having means at its front end for connect-ion` with a manually pulled draft device, said beam being provided with a downturned rear end, an implement-carrying` bar oined to said downturned end of the beam and extending rearwardly therefrom, and a second bar extending upwardly and forwardly from the rear end of said implement-carrying bar to a point adjacent the beam; and a rigid longitudinal handle secured to the frame and inclined forwardly therefrom.

2. In an implement, a frame comprising a beam having means at its front end for connection with a manually pulled draft device, said beam being provided with a downturned rear end, a bar joined to the downturned end 0f said beam and projecting rearwardly, and lateral arms projecting oppositely from said bar to carry cultivating teeth; and a rigid longitudinal handle secured to the frame and inclined forwardly therefrom.

3. In an implement,`a frame comprising a beam having mea-ns at its front end for connection with a manually pulled draft device, said beam being provided with a downturned rear end, a bar joined to the downturned end of said beam and projecting rearwardly, a plurality of lateral arms having vertical inner ends detachably secured to said bar, said arms` being of unequal lengthsY and having downwardly directed outer ends and bolt holes adjacent the same, for the purpose set forth; and a rigid longitudinal handle secured to the frame and inclined forwardly therefrom.Y

4l 111 an implement 'e frame comprising a beam having means at its front end for connection with a manually pulled draft device, said beam being pro-vided with a downturned rear end adapted to be detachably connected with anf'eeder, plow share or other implement, and a bar joined to said downturned beam end` and projecting rearwardly therefrom; means for detachably securing cultivating teeth to said bar, and a rigid longitudinal handle secured to the frame and inclined forwardly therefrom.

5. An implement comprising' a beam having means at With a manually pulled draft device, said beam having` a doyvnturned rear end, a rigid implement-carrying' bar extendingv rearwardly from said beam` a second bar rigidly j o-ined to the rear end of said rearwardly extending bar, said second bar inclining forwardly to a po-intover said beam, a plate secured to one Side of said second bar and overlapping one side of the beam, a second plate at the opposite side of said beam and second bar, a horizontal pivot connecting one end of said second plate With said second bar, the other end of said second plate having vertically spaced bolt holes, a clamping its front end for connection other end of said flange for horizontal adf justment, and a second clamping bolt passing through said handle and receivable in any of the spaced bolt holes of said flange.

6. In a manually operated implement, a

longitudinal bar having a blade at its front end for cutting Weeds below the surface of l the ground, arms projecting in opposite directions from said bar and having cultivating teeth to Work the earth from 'which the weeds have been cutby said bladeq manually pulled draft means and means connecting said draft means with the front end of said bar, a longitudinally inclined handle, and means establishing a rigid connection between said' handle and the rear end of said bar, the front end of said ha'ndle being provided vvith a transverse hand grip.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto afliz-:ed my signature.

i VILLIAM S. UREN. 

